by Wan Hamizan

WHAT IS LAND RECLAMATION

teletetottechik — 2013-07-11 08:23:38 UTC

Land reclamation, usually known as reclamation, and also known as land fill (not to be confused with a landfill), is the process of creating new land from ocean, riverbeds, or, lake. The land reclaimed is known as reclamation ground or land fill.

HOW IS LAND RECLAMATION IS DONE

teletetottechik — 2013-07-11 08:26:52 UTC

type of land reclamation

teletetottechik — 2013-07-11 08:30:18 UTC

habitation

agriculture

beach restoration

landfill

habitation

teletetottechik — 2013-07-11 08:31:49 UTC

The creation of new land was for the need of human activities.

agriculture

teletetottechik — 2013-07-11 08:35:25 UTC

Agriculture was a drive for land reclamation before industrialisation.In South China, farmers reclaimed paddy fields by enclosing an area with a stone wall on the sea shore near river mouth or river delta. The species of rice that grow on these grounds are more salt tolerant. Another use of such enclosed land is creation of fish ponds. It is commonly seen on the Pearl River Delta and Hong Kong. These reclamation also attracts species of migrating birds.

A related practice is the draining of swampy or seasonally submerged wetlands to convert them to farmland. While this does not create new land exactly, it allows commercially productive use of land that would otherwise be restricted to wildlife habitat. It is also an important method of mosquito control.

beach restoration

teletetottechik — 2013-07-11 08:39:08 UTC

Beach rebuilding is the process of repairing beaches using materials such as sand or mud from inland. This can be used to build up beaches suffering from beach starvation or erosion from longshore drift. It stops the movement of the original beach material through longshore drift and retains a natural look to the beach. Although it is not a long-lasting solution, it is cheap compared to other types of coastal defences.

landfill

teletetottechik — 2013-07-11 08:41:00 UTC

As human overcrowding of developed areas intensified during the 20th century, it has become important to develop land re-use strategies for completed landfills. Some of the most common usages are for parks, golf courses and other sports fields. Increasingly, however, office buildings and industrial uses are made on a completed landfill. In these latter uses, methane capture is customarily carried out to minimize explosive hazard within the building.